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J. H KILLION CONTAINER Filed July 2, 1921 t 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 UH T JOHN H. KILLIOF', F GHICELGO, ILLINOIS.

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Application filed July 2, 1921. Serial No. 482,022.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. KILLION, a citizen of the United States, resid'ng at 1628 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Containers, of which the following is a specificat on.

This invention relates to containers and is fully described in the following speciflca tion shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of an assembled container, Fig. '2 is a side elevation of the same, Figs. 3 and 4 are partial sections on the lines 3 and 4 of Fig. 1, Figs. 5 and 6 aresimilar sections shownin modified forms, Fig. 7 is a partial plan view of still another modification, and Figs. 8 and 9 are perspectives of the invention as applied to berry baskets.

This container, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4, comprises a hollow cylindricalbody or barrel 10 having a head 11 at each end. The outer edge of this head has a double flange 12 formed integral therewith and on gaging the end of the barrel both within and without.

At intervals, sections of the flange 12 and edge of the barrel are partially severed therefrom and pressed inwardly forming tongues 13. Section 14: of the barrel, which is pressed inwardly, is retained between the sections 13 and both act to prevent the head from being withdrawn. The body 10 supports the head in each position of the tongues 13.

If, however, it is desired to remove the head, the tongues are bent back to their original position and the head can again be lifted off the barrel.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the head has a disk 15 which lies within the flanged rim 16 which is reversely curved as at 12 to engage the inner and outer surfaces of the body or barrel. 1'? is the flange or ledge of rim 16 upon wh ch the disk 15 rests. This disk 15 is held in place and the rim 16 secured to the barrel 1O by a series of downwardly turned tongues 13 one of which is shown in the dotted lines in Fig. 5. This construction permits the disk 15 being made of a material diiferent from that used in the flange 16.

The modification shown in Fig. 6, is similar to that shown in Fig. 3 except that the edge of the barrel is folded back upon itself to provide a reinforced edge.

Figs. 8 and 9 show baskets such as are 5' used for packing berries and the like. Bottoms or heads such as are shown in any of the other figures may be used and these'are retained therein by fastening to the bodies in any ofithe ways shown.

In all'of the foregoing constructions,

tongues may previously be cut through if desired and then bent 1n any desired manneras by means of a hammer, a suitable wrench or a pair of pliers; or if desired, the q tongues may be cut and pressed. inwardly simultaneously by means of a tool which is suitable for this purpose. 7

In some cases, however, it may not be desirable to sever the edges of the tongues from the flange, particularly where they are heavy or where stiif metal is used in the flange and barrel. The desired lock between these two may then be obtained by crimping in the operations as at 18 in Fig. 7. here the metal is sufliciently rigid this displacement of the metal out of the line of the barrel will be sufficient to retain the fiangedhead 19 thereon.

While I have shown and described a few embodiments of my invention it is to be understood that it is capable of many modifications. Changes therefore in the construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed in the appended claims, in which it is my intention to claim all novelty inherent in my invention as broadly as possible in View of the prior art.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: V

1. A container having a body, a head having a double flange adapted to straddle one end portion of the body, a part of the body at said end portion being disposed in original position, said flange and a part of-said end portion of the body straddled thereby being unitarily bendable for disposition at an angle to the first mentioned part and for return to original position with respect to said first mentioned part, said end portion serving to support the head in each position of said flange.

2. A container having a body, a head having adouble flange adapted to straddle one end portion of the body, a part of the body at said end portion being disposed in original position, said flange and a part of said end portion of the body straddled thereby being unitarily bendable for disposition at an angle to the first mentioned part and for return to original position With respect to said first mentioned part, said end portion serving to support the head in each position of said flange, a ledge extending inwardly from the flange and a closure disk disposed on said ledge, and overlapped by the said bendable portion in its bent position.

3. A container having a body, a head having a part constituting an end Wall for the body, a double flange in original position extending in a direction aWay'from the outer surface of said part and adapted to straddle one end portion of the body, said double flange and part of the body straddled thereby being bendable at a plurality of locations to position at an angle to their original positions, the remainder of said flange and part of the body straddled thereby being disposed and adapted to remain in normal posit-ion, said end portion serving to support the head in each position of the bendable portions of said flange.

l. A container having a body, a head having a part constituting an end Wall of the body, a double flange in original position extending in a direction away from the outer surface of said part and adapted to straddle one end portion of the body, said double flange and part of the body straddled thereby being bendable to a position at an angle to their orig nal position, a part of said end portion adjacent to the bendable part thereof being disposed and adapted to remain in original position, and said Wall, the Walls of the flange and part of the body straddled thereby being in superposed parallel relation With the connection of the Walls of the flange innermost in the last mentioned position.

JOHN H. KILLION. 

